In 1984, Collins was killed when the car in which he was a passenger crashed into a culvert near his home in Antioch, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. The autopsy showed he died a short time later at the scene of the accident after the driver of the vehicle left him abandoned and injured. Many commentators, as well as Collins' family, believe that the loss of his livelihood broke him emotionally and physically.

Was Collins' death a suicide? How was it a suicide if he was not driving?

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I think it was a tragic accident in a week of tragic events for Collins. As mentioned he was a passenger and not the driver. I suppose the same suspicions could be raised about Diego Corrales and James Shuler who both died in motorcycle accidents shortly after losing big fights but both are without any evidence to suggest it.